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Suddenly, Last Summer · 1959 — 第 13 / 27 章 · 2'33" · B2

Hockstader Shows Off the Million, Explained：no strings attached

Hockstader shows the doctor an empty lot and explains that Violet's money will build a psychosurgery wing there: "in big, round, beautiful figures, $1 million." He insists there are no strings attached, but everyone in the room knows the deal — the doctor must operate on Catherine.

あらすじ

Outside the state hospital, Hockstader shows Dr. Cukrowicz a vacant lot. Violet Venable's donation of one million dollars will build a psychosurgery building there, in memory of her son. Hockstader says the money comes with no strings, yet the only condition is obvious: the doctor must operate on Catherine. They also argue over whether she should be kept in the ward.

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注目の表現

no strings attachedblame someone fordevoted togo ahead with

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このシーンの表現

no strings attached

with no conditions

The director says the donation carries no conditions, and the doctor tests the phrase by repeating it back before accepting.

The grant came with no strings attached, so we chose the project ourselves.

このシーンの他の表現

  • blame someone for

    hold someone responsible

  • devoted to

    given over to

  • go ahead with

    proceed with

  • for the time being

    for now

  • unorthodox

    not conventional

このシーンのメモ一覧

41 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · A1come out

step outside

Come out here, son. I want you to see something.
発音what do you

In fast speech what do you blurs into whaddaya.

Take a good long look. Tell me, what do you see?
表現 · A2the past

what has already happened

That's the past you're looking at.
発音looking at

Looking at runs together and at reduces to a soft /ət/.

That's the past you're looking at.
表現 · B1thanks to someone

because of

Thanks to a certain young man from Chicago...
表現 · B2in beautiful figures

handsome numbers figures means numbers or amounts here, not shapes

...in big, round, beautiful figures, $1 million.
発音strings attached

The s of strings links into attached, so the two words run together.

- Just like that, no strings attached? - No strings attached.
表現 · B1nobody else

no other person

She wants you, and nobody else, to do the operation on her niece.
文法 · B1and nobody else,

parenthetical: The inserted and nobody else stresses exclusivity without breaking the sentence.

She wants you, and nobody else, to do the operation on her niece.
表現 · C1a traumatic experience

a deeply disturbing event

Some dreadful, traumatic experience of some kind.
表現 · A2find out

discover the facts

I don't know. I haven't found out yet.
表現 · B2allow oneself to do something

permit oneself to

And she refuses to allow herself to remember.
表現 · B2be made to do something

be forced to recall

She's gonna have to be made to remember.
文法 · B2be made to remember

passive causative: Be made to do means to be forced to; here she will have to be pushed into recalling.

She's gonna have to be made to remember.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech shorthand; avoid in formal writing.

She's gonna have to be made to remember.
表現 · B2have someone do something

arrange for them to wait

Have them wait in my office, will you?
表現 · B1take a risk

accept a chance of harm

I know I'm taking a risk...
表現 · A2for a while

for some time

...but for a while I don't want her to feel she's a patient.
文法 · B2being watched

passive gerund: Being watched is the passive gerund, meaning the state of being looked at by others.

I want her to feel she's free of restrictions, free of being watched.
表現 · B2have to do with something

be connected with

Seems your whole approach has little to do with neurosurgery.
文法 · B2Seems your whole approach

omitted subject: It is dropped at the start; the full form is It seems that your whole approach...

Seems your whole approach has little to do with neurosurgery.
文法 · B2what this new building is for

predicative clause: The what-clause acts as the complement explaining the building's purpose.

- For the time being. - That's what this new building is for.
表現 · B1be prepared to do something

ready to

Mrs. Venable thinks you're prepared to go ahead with the operation.
発音prepared to

The final d in prepared is often dropped before to.

Mrs. Venable thinks you're prepared to go ahead with the operation.

「Hockstader Shows Off the Million」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene makes the film's bargain explicit: a fortune is offered for a brain operation, and the word 'no strings attached' is doing heavy ironic work. Hockstader is proud of the deal — 'in big, round, beautiful figures, $1 million' — and treats the money as a civic gift, but the condition is a person. When he says of Catherine, 'She's gonna have to be made to remember,' the medical language slips into something closer to coercion. The doctor's small rebellion is to put Catherine in the nurses' wing and let her wear her own clothes, insisting she should feel 'free of restrictions, free of being watched.' His line 'So is insanity. That's why we're here' is the scene's sharpest answer to Hockstader's talk of rules, and it marks him as the one person willing to question the bargain.

Theme

MoneyA million-dollar donation is used to buy a specific operation on a specific patient.
PowerHockstader and Violet set the terms of care, while the doctor tries to protect Catherine from their control.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The money is clean, but the condition is a person.
  • The director never orders; he lets the numbers pressure for him.
  • Unorthodox is a warning dressed as a compliment here.
  • He promises nothing about the girl except that she will be made to remember.

発音のポイント

  • what do you — In fast speech what do you blurs into whaddaya.
  • looking at — Looking at runs together and at reduces to a soft /ət/.
  • strings attached — The s of strings links into attached, so the two words run together.
  • prepared to — The final d in prepared is often dropped before to.
That's the past you're looking at.

Hockstader narrates the empty lot: the rubble is the hospital's old state, and the new building will replace it.

I wish I were that optimistic.

The doctor's dry reply to Hockstader's confident plans — he doubts the money will come without a cost.

So is insanity. That's why we're here.

The doctor's comeback when Hockstader calls his methods unorthodox: madness itself breaks the rules, which is exactly why they need him.

I want her to feel she's free of restrictions, free of being watched.

He explains why Catherine is in the nurses' wing: he wants her to feel like a person, not a watched patient.

このシーンについての質問

Why is the new building being built?

Violet Venable is donating a million dollars to create a psychosurgery building in memory of her son Sebastian. The hospital gets the money on the condition that the doctor treats Catherine.

What condition does Violet's donation come with?

Officially there are 'no strings attached,' but in practice the money is tied to one request: the doctor, and only the doctor, must perform the operation on her niece Catherine.

What does "no strings attached" mean?

It means with no conditions or obligations. Hockstader uses it to say the million is a gift, but the scene shows the gift comes with a clear expectation.

Why does Hockstader want Catherine made to remember?

He thinks her memory is the key to a traumatic event from last summer. He says she refuses to remember, so she will have to be made to.

Why does the doctor put Catherine in the nurses' wing?

He wants her to feel free of restrictions and not watched like a patient. Hockstader calls this unorthodox, and the doctor answers that insanity is unorthodox too.

去年の夏 突然に · 全 27 章

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次のチャプター · 第 14 章go through probateThe Hollys Visit Catherine
第 1 章command performanceA Doctor, a Letter, and Money第 2 章goddess from the machineMrs. Venable Meets Dr. Cukrowicz第 3 章not unlikeMrs. Venable Shows the Garden第 4 章mad as a hatterViolet Talks About Her Dead Son第 5 章at one's wits' endViolet Describes Catherine's Madness第 6 章in the image ofMrs. Venable Tells the Turtle Story第 7 章my lips are sealedThe Hollys Come for Sebastian's Clothes第 8 章inherit the earthMrs. Venable's Empty Chair第 9 章bossed and bulliedThe Doctor Interviews Catherine第 10 章to be usedCatherine on Love as Use第 11 章make a sceneCatherine Recalls the Mardi Gras Ball第 12 章burn upCatherine Relives the Burning Beach再生中 · 第 13 章no strings attachedHockstader Shows Off the Million第 14 章go through probateThe Hollys Visit Catherine第 15 章go off your rockerCatherine Learns It's a Lobotomy第 16 章all of a suddenCatherine Asks Where They'll Cut第 17 章on the menuCatherine on Sebastian's Appetites第 18 章taken a vowViolet Shows the Death Certificate第 19 章objects for your pleasureCatherine Confronts Aunt Violet第 20 章the other way aroundDoctor Fights to Delay the Surgery第 21 章godforsakenMrs. Venable and the Sealed Coffin第 22 章have to do withThe Doctor Hypnotizes Catherine第 23 章third personCatherine Tells the True Story第 24 章give someone awayViolet Explains the Spider's Web第 25 章procureCatherine on Procuring for Sebastian第 26 章fatal errorCatherine Recalls the Beach Children第 27 章find a way outCatherine Tells How Sebastian Died
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